The French for debate is the verb controverser

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French for debate is the regular ER verb controverser, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

So, if you want to know how to say debate in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb controverser - French for debate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of controverser, which is French for debate.

I debate.

you debated.

he will debate.

we would debate.

they may debate.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for controverser, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE controverser

Simple Tenses controverser

TENSE

je/j’

tu

il

nous

vous

ils

PresentPrésentdebate

controverse

controverses

controverse

controversons

controversez

controversent

Past ImperfectImparfaitdebated

controversais

controversais

controversait

controversions

controversiez

controversaient

Simple PastPassé Simpledebated

controversai

controversas

controversa

controversâmes

controversâtes

controversèrent

FutureFuturwill debate

controverserai

controverseras

controversera

controverserons

controverserez

controverseront

ConditionalConditionnelwould debate

controverserais

controverserais

controverserait

controverserions

controverseriez

controverseraient

SubjunctiveSubjonctifmay debate

controverse

controverses

controverse

controversions

controversiez

controversent

Compound Tenses controverser

Present PerfectPassé Composéhave debated

ai controversé

as controversé

a controversé

avons controversé

avez controversé

ont controversé

Past PerfectPlus-que-Parfaithad debated

avais controversé

avais controversé

avait controversé

avions controversé

aviez controversé

avaient controversé

Future PerfectFutur Antérieurwill have

aurai controversé

auras controversé

aura controversé

aurons controversé

aurez controversé

auront controversé

Conditional PerfectConditionnel Passéwould have debated

aurais controversé

aurais controversé

aurait controversé

aurions controversé

auriez controversé

auraient controversé

ImperativeImperatifdebate!

controverse

controversons

controversez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of controverser the French for debateprésent de l’indicatif

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debateimparfait de l’indicatif

je controversais
- I debated
- I was debatingtu controversais
- you debated- (familiar or informal)
- you were debatingil, elle, on controversait
- he, she, it, one debated
- he, she, it, one was debatingnous controversions
- we debated
- we were debatingvous controversiez
- you debated- (formal or plural)
- you were debatingils, elles controversaient
- they debated
- they were debating

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debatepassé simple

je controversai
- I debatedtu controversas
- you debated- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on controversa
- he, she, it, one debatednous controversâmes
- we debatedvous controversâtes
- you debated- (formal or plural)ils, elles controversèrent
they debated
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

Future Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debatefutur

je controverserai
- I will debatetu controverseras
- you will debate (familiar or informal)il, elle, on controversera
- he, she, it, one will debate nous controverserons
- we will debatevous controverserez
- you will debate (formal or plural)ils, elles controverseront
- they will debate

Conditional Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debateconditionnel

je controverserais
- I would debatetu controverserais
- you would debate (familiar or informal)il, elle, on controverserait
- he, she, it, one would debatenous controverserions
- we would debatevous controverseriez
- you would debate (formal or plural)ils, elles controverseraient
- they would debate

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debateprésent de subjonctif

que je controverse
- that I may debateque tu controverses
- that you may debate(familiar or informal)qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on controverse
- that he, she, it, one may debateque nous controversions
- that we may debateque vous controversiez
- that you may debate(formal or plural)qu’ils, qu’elles controversent
- that they may debate

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb controverser - the verb ‘to debate’ in French

Past Participle of controverser is: controversé -debated.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

Here’s the French for debate conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.j’ai controversé
- I have debated or I did debate or
- I debatedtu as controversé
- you have debated or you did debate - (familiar or informal) or
- you debatedil, elle, on a controversé
- he, she, it, one has debate or did debate
- he, she, it debatednous avons controversé
- we have debated or we did debate
- we debatedvous avez controversé
- you have debated or you did debate (formal or plural) or
- or we debatedils, elles ont controversé
- they have debated or they did debate
- they debated

Here’s the French for -debate conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.j’avais controversé
- I had debatedtu avais controversé
- you had debated- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on avait controversé
- he, she, it, one had debated nous avions controversé
- we had debatedvous aviez controversé
- you had debated (formal or plural)ils, elles avaient controversé
- they had debated

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debatefutur antérieur

j’aurai controversé
- I will have tu auras controversé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aura controversé
- he, she, it, one will have nous aurons controversé
- we will have vous aurez controversé
- you will have - (formal or plural)ils, elles auront controversé
- they will have

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debateconditionnel passé

j’aurais controversé
- I would have debatedtu aurais controversé
- you would have debated- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aurait controversé
- he, she, it, one would have debatednous aurions controversé
- we would have debatedvous auriez controversé
- you would have debated- (formal or plural)ils, elles auraient controversé
- they would have debated

Imperative Tense conjugations of controverser, the French for debateimpératif

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